Magic Online Celebrates its 11th Anniversary!

Mike TurianTuesday, June 11, 2013

My name is Mike Turian (on Twitter @mturian). I am the newest member of the Magic Online Business team in the role of Digital Product Manager. Before joining Magic Online, I worked as a Producer for Wizard's technology department, a Product Manager for Organized Play, and as a R&D lead developer on sets such as Future Sight, Worldwake, and Scars of Mirrodin. I have played Magic Online since it came out in 2002 and Magic since The Dark. I am excited to be a part of the Magic Online community and working with Worth Wollpert (@mtgworth) and Chris Kiritz (@CKiritz) for a long time to come.

Today, as part of my second week on the job, I get to share some exciting news! Magic: The Gathering Online is celebrating its debut to the world, eleven years ago on June 20, 2002, with special events!

This year we have created a weekend featuring special 11-Booster Phantom celebration events that offer you the chance to play Sealed Deck with one booster pack from each fall Magic expansion that has been released on Magic Online, beginning with Onslaught and going through Return to Ravnica.

In addition, Magic R&D will be running a special R&D Challenge Standard Event on Friday, June 21, that you can play your favorite Standard deck in. The event will be hosted by Ryan Spain and Jon Loucks on TwitchTV where they will be streaming their Challenge matches.

Magic Online 11th Anniversary Phantom Sealed Deck Events

Use one Phantom booster of each fall Magic expansion since Magic Online's release eleven years ago and build your best forty card deck!

R&D Challenge

Think you can beat Magic R&D at their own game? Well now is your chance to find out. Next Friday, June 21, bring your best Standard deck and see what happens. Play against current and former R&D members, including Mark Globus, Erik Lauer, Tom LaPille, and Mike Turian, as well as other Wizards employees. You can follow all of the action as R&D members Ryan Spain and Jon Loucks will be streaming the event on TwitchTV.

START TIME: Scheduled at 12:00 PM on Friday, June 21.LOCATION: Scheduled Events room.ENTRY OPTION(S): 10 Event Tickets. PRODUCT: A Standard legal deck.SIZE: 32-512 players.DURATION: 5 rounds, Swiss parings. PRIZES: Prizes are based on the total Match Points at the end of the tournament. Each match win awards 3 points and each match loss awards 0 points.

Note: Magic R&D members are not eligible to win prizes but their matches will still affect standings. Any prizes R&D members would have won will be distributed evenly among the players with 15 match points within 5 business days of the event's competition.

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